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Carlo D'Angelo

{{short description|Italian actor and voice actor}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1919|2|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Milan, Kingdom of Italy

| death_date = {{death date and age|1973|6|9|1919|2|2|df=y}}

| death_place = Bologna, Italy

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| years_active = 1941–1973

| spouse = {{marriage|Wanda Mori|1946}}

| children = 2

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Carlo D'Angelo (2 February 1919 – 9 June 1973) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Biography

Born in Milan, the son of a Neapolitan father and a Florentine mother, at 9 years old D'Angelo was part of the Voci Bianche choir at La Scala.{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|date=2003 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2002|isbn=8884402131}} After studying law at the University of Milan, in 1941 he started working on radio and shortly later as a film dubber.{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|date=2003 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2002|isbn=8884402131}} In 1947 he made his stage debut at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano, under Giorgio Strehler.{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|date=2003 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2002|isbn=8884402131}} In the 1950s he worked several times in the theatrical company of Vittorio Gassman, and in 1958 he formed a stage company together with Lia Zoppelli and Renzo Giovampietro.

Between 1963 and 1964, he got large critical acclaim for his performance in Il diavolo e il buon Dio, under the direction of Luigi Squarzina. D'Angelo was also active in films, where alternated major and character roles, and on television, where he had several significant roles in a number of TV-series. D'Angelo was also diction teacher at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts and recorded several albums of prose and poetry.

As a voice actor, D'Angelo provided the voice of Shere Khan in the Italian dubbed version of The Jungle Book and Jesus Christ in the Italian political comedy I 2 deputati.{{cite web|url=https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/voci/vocicda.htm |title=Carlo D'Angelo's dubbing contributions|publisher=Antoniogenna.net |date= |access-date=4 October 2019}}

Death

D’Angelo died at the Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Polyclinic in Bologna on June 9, 1973, at the age of 54. He had undergone stomach surgery 25 days prior to his death.{{cite news|last1=a. bl.|title=Morto l'attore Carlo D'Angelo famosa voce del nostro teatro|work=La Stampa|issue=135|date=10 June 1973}}

Selected filmography

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External links

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  • {{IMDb name|id =0195258}}
  • https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/game/199.htm

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Category:1919 births

Category:1973 deaths

Category:Male actors from Milan

Category:University of Milan alumni

Category:Italian male film actors

Category:Italian male television actors

Category:Italian male stage actors

Category:Italian male voice actors

Category:Diction coaches

Category:Deaths from complications of gastrointestinal surgery

Category:20th-century Italian male actors